All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’s how far the world is from where I am.
Lawyers are taught to listen carefully to what our clients say and to ask questions, because a client might think that one issue presents the
“They must be going to the beatification!” I yelped happily, as I pointed towards a well-dressed group of people walking down the sidewalk. It was
As we sat in the confession queue one Saturday afternoon at the Cathedral, my (newly-minted Catholic) boyfriend remarked to a friend: “I’ve never seen a
I’ve always enjoyed learning about epic stories of martyrdom. Even as a young child of 8 or 9 years old, I would read, in awe
[Caution: spoilers ahead] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a moving paean to fatherhood. The entire movie centers around Henry Turner’s
On the recent Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, my priest-uncle-spiritual-director, Father Jim, suddenly lost his brother Allan. Father Jim was abroad teaching a
Are stories important for humanity? Is telling a story through books, movies, or the extemporaneous tales of mom and dad delivered to the children at
Aaron K. Torch’s Christian Dating Simplified: A Short, Practical Guide to the only Four Questions You Need to Ask is an enjoyable read, weaving scriptural
One of the most insidious and harmful ideas that mothers labor under is the idea that we can raise flawless children. Rationally we know this
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and
The Jungle Book (2016) is a masterful adaptation of Kipling’s book, paying due homage to the classic Disney film with its meshing of the familiar
It is a gift to grow up in a happy, healthy marriage. By the time I truly started to pay attention to how my parents
I just went through a difficult time. As I sat there closing one eye, then opening it while closing the other, going back and forth
Judging by the varying reactions to us women who remain single by choice or by necessity, we are a misunderstood lot. On the one hand,
The Parable of the Talents is a Kingdom Parable couched in terms of reward and punishment,1 outlining the consequences awaiting those who have been entrusted
(Warning: spoiler alert for A Tale of Two Cities after the image.) ___ Franz Kafka, author of the highly disturbing The Metamorphosis, wrote: “If the
O my Jesus, Thou who art very Love, enkindle in my heart that Divine Fire which consumes the Saints and transforms them into Thee. O
No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will hold to the one, and
The following is an excerpt from the manuscript of a novel that I have been working on for a year and a half. Neither could
After arresting him they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest; Peter was following at a distance. They lit
